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Build an app, website, or digital tool that helps people live more sustainably.
Learnathon Sep 11 · Hackathon Sep 12 · Louisville, KY
Hack the Track
Kentucky's first high school hackathon. Two days to learn, team up, and build for a more sustainable future.
First place prize$300
Hack the Track 2026Free · Grades 8–12
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Why Hack the Track
Kentucky's next generation doesn't need permission to build.
Hack the Track gives students hands-on experience, real mentors, and a supportive room full of people who want to see their ideas work.
We connect young builders with industry professionals and educators, creating relationships that last well beyond the weekend.
- 75+
- Students registered
- 3
- Tracks
- 30
- Hours
- 15
- Mentors and judges
Hack the Track 2025
Built together.
Last year, more than 75 students spent the weekend turning early ideas into working projects.
See all 2025 highlights
Choose your track.
This year's theme is sustainability. Choose a real problem, then build something practical, unexpected, or ambitious that helps create a better future.
Hardware
Prototype a physical device that tackles a real problem in a measurable way.
Sustainable fashion
Design, repair, and reimagine what we wear with lower-impact materials and methods.
Make it count.
Build something useful, explain it clearly, and compete for the weekend's top prizes.
First place
$300Second place
$200Third place
$100Mark the calendar
Sep11–122026
Sep 11LearnathonSep 12Hackathon
Pack light.
- Your laptop and charger
- A notebook or scratch paper
- Any special project materials
- An idea, or just the urge to make
September 11–12, 2026
Your idea belongs on the track.
Free to attend. Open to grades 8–12. Every experience level welcome.